An Aer Lingus flight bound for the USA has been forced to return to Dublin after suffering a mechanical issue on board.

The incident, which affected flight EI125 to Chicago, happened shortly after the flight took off from Dublin Airport at 2pm.

However, as the flight made its way up the Irish coast, the plane was reported to have suffered an undercarriage issue and was forced to return to Dublin Airport.

The plane returned to Dublin at around 3.30pm.

Video Loading

Video Unavailable

Click to playTap to play

The video will start in 8Cancel

Play now

In a statement released this evening, a spokeswoman for the airline said: "Aer Lingus flight EI125 departed Dublin Airport today at 14:00, en route to Chicago, with 189 guests and 10 crew members on board.

"The aircraft turned back shortly after departure, due to a technical issue, and landed safely at Dublin at 15:27.

"Guests disembarked normally and will be flown to Chicago later this evening on a replacement aircraft. We apologise to our guests for this disruption to their travel plans."